IM Norm Rd 9 Recap

[Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.13”] [Round “9”] [White “Niemann, Hans”] [Black “Homa, Seth”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “D07”] [WhiteElo “2298”] [BlackElo “2325”] [PlyCount “16”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qd3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.13”] [Round “9”] [White “Yip, Carissa”] [Black “Hua, Lefong”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “B75”] [WhiteElo “2196”] [BlackElo “2277”] [PlyCount “33”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nf6 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. axb5 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.13”] [Round “9”] [White “Bures, Jaroslav”] [Black “Eckert, Doug”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “E55”] [WhiteElo “2393”] [BlackElo “2152”] [PlyCount “68”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 e5 13. c4 b6 14. Bb2 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Ra3 Re8 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Qa1 Bc6 19. Bd1 Nc5 20. f4 Rad8 21. Nf3 exf4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Ne4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. exf4 Nd2 26. Nxd2 Rxd2 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. Rfxf3 Ree2 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. h3 Ra2 31. Rab3 Rac2 32. Ra3 Ra2 33. Rad3 Rac2 34. Ra3 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.13”] [Round “9”] [White “Brooks, Michael”] [Black “Young, Angelo”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “B06”] [WhiteElo “2410”] [BlackElo “2300”] [PlyCount “79”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nf3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 b5 12. Nc3 a6 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ra7 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. Bc6 Bb7 18. Rc1 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nd5 20. Bg3 e6 21. Qb3 Qa8 22. Rfc1 Nc3 23. Qc4 Bh6 24. Rc2 Nd5 25. Bd6 Qb7 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. a5 Kg7 28. Qe2 Be7 29. Ne5 b3 30. Rc1 Bg5 31. R1c4 Bd8 32. Rd6 Be7 33. Rd7 Qa8 34. Qf3 Bf6 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Qxb3 Qa8 37. Nc6 Qe8 38. Qb7 Qf8 39. Qb8 Nf4 40. Qxf4 1-0 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.13”] [Round “9”] [White “Kavutskiy, Kostya”] [Black “Shankar, Gauri”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “E13”] [WhiteElo “2367”] [BlackElo “2332”] [PlyCount “119”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Ndf6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 h5 15. h4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bb7 18. Qf2 Ba6 19. e4 Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rg8 21. Kh2 Qe7 22. d5 e5 23. Rb1 f6 24. Rb4 b5 25. Rb2 a5 26. Reb1 a4 27. a3 Bb3 28. Rh1 Qd7 29. Kg1 Qf7 30. Qe3 Rg7 31. Be1 Kd7 32. Rh2 f5 33. hxg5 f4 34. Qf2 Rxg5 35. Qh4 Qg7 36. Qh3+ Ke7 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Bh4 Re8 39. Qh3 Rg6 40. Qf5+ Qf7 41. Qxh5 Kg8 42. Bg5 Qg7 43. g3 fxg3 44. Rh3 Kf7 45. Rxg3 Ra8 46. Rbg2 Qh8 47. Qg4 Qc8 48. Qh5 Qh8 49. Bh6 Qxh6 50. Qxg6+ Qxg6 51. Rxg6 Ra7 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rd7 Bd1 54. Kf2 Rb7 55. Rgg7 b4 56. cxb4 Rxb4 57. axb4 a3 58. Rxc7 a2 59. Rh7 Kg8 60. Rhd7 1-0